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Seasons of Misery : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America /

The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. This book offers a reexa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Donegan, Kathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : unsettlement
  • Roanoke : left in Virginia
  • Jamestown : things that seemed incredible
  • Plymouth : scarce able to bury their dead
  • Barbados : wild extravagance
  • Afterword : standing half-amazed.